DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Alois Di Leo was born in Lima, Peru, and grew up in São Paulo, Brazil, where he studied graphic design. After graduating, he co-founded the animation and hypermedia studio SINLOGO, which specialises in animated media, graphic and web design. In pursuit of narrative animation he moved to the UK to study at the National Film and Television School. The hand drawn animated short THE BOY WHO WANTED TO BE A LION (2010) is his graduation film.